Spurius Armenius Galba

Spurius Armenius Galba (271 BC-? BC) was a Roman legate who was a scion of the House of Brutii. He was the founder of Legio VI Liberatrix, headquartered at Medhlan, Cisalpina.

Biography
Spurius Armenius Galba came from a family that were vassals of Decimus Junius Brutus, the House of Brutii. The son of a patrician, he was entitled to become a legate and was hired in 255 BC to lead the newly-formed Legio VI Liberatrix in northern Italia. He was stationed in Medhlan (Milan), where he had only his bodyguard unit; the city had not been converted from a barbarian to Roman city due to bankruptcy, so he used whatever money he had to acquire some auxilliary mercenaries.